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LEUNG CHING YAU, CLARISSE
THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE
ARCH 4074 DESIGN 6 TUTOR: ANDERSON LEE SEMESTER 1, 2020-21
Precedent Oscar Tusquets Block in Nexus World Architect: Oscar Tusquets Year: 1988-1990 Location: Fukuoka-Kashii, Japan Constructed area: 6,309 m2 Number of units: 35 Number of unit types: 3 Keywords: postmodernism, axiality, symmetry, Barcelona block facsimile, tripartite, broken arch Brief: after studying the precedent, 30% more has to be added to the existing building
1 1:500 Site Plan of Precedent and Nexus World 2 Photos of Precedent 3 Plan Comparing Oscar Tusquets Block to the Barcelona Block 1
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1 1:50 Sectional Model of the Precedent 2 Unit Types and Variations 3 Units Designed According to Structural Walls and Columns 4 Interior Spaces of Oscar Tusquets Block
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The Existing Oscar Tusquets Block Discrepancy between the Inside and Outside The wrapper of the block has punch windows. Yet, the inside is a post and beam structure. The broken arch looks like the circulation cores from the outside, but on the inside are bedrooms.
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1 Discrepancy between the Inside and Outside in the Existing Block 2 1:200 Facade Model of the Existing Block about Punch Windows
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1 1:200 Massing Studies about Structural Tricks
Massing Developments A Different Architectural Language
2 1:200 Massing Studies about the Structural Core and Hanging Unit Blocks 3 1:200 Massing Study on Replacing the Existing Units with Hanging Floor Plates
Massing studies are done to study ways to go against the existing postmodernist architectural language.
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4 1:200 Massing Study on Replacing Half of the Existing Units with Hanging Floor Plates
Architectural Language Inside-out Approach The inside-out approach is adopted in the 30% addition as a criticism on the discrepancy between the inside and outside found in the existing building.
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1 Concept Development 2 1:200 Overall Plan and Elevation of Oscar Tsquets Block with the 30% Addition
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1 1:200 Overall Model of Oscar Tsquets Block with the 30% Addition
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Structure Hybrid Structure The transition from a post and beam structure to a tensile structure.
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1 1:100 Elevation A-A’ of the Eastern Wing 2 1:100 Structural Section B-B’ of the Eastern Wing 3 Close-up of Elevation Showing the Transition between the Existing and New
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1 1:100 Structural Model of the Eastern Wing
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Unit Plan Closed to Open Plan The transition from a closed and rigid plan to an open and fluid plan. 1
1 1:50 Unit Plan of Units with a Hybrid Structure 2 Open Plan Studies
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Interior Spaces Correspondence between the Wrapper and the Structure The facade follows the structural logic of the units: the old, the hybrid, and the new.
1 New Space with Transition from Punch Windows to Strip Windows
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1 New Space with Transition from Strip Windows to Floor to Ceiling Windows
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